Machine for marking price tags



BES MLABLE coPY sept. 7, 1943. TURNER 2,328,934

MACHINE FOR MARKING PRICE TAGS Filed Jan. 14, 1941 4 sheets-sheet 1 1N VENTOR. 1

BY M I 4 Wr MATTORNEYJ Sept. 7, 1943. T. G. TURNER MACHINE FOR MARKING PRICE TAGS Filed Jan. 14, 1941 .4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

BY M MA; yoRNfsYf Sept. 7, 1943.

T. G. TURNER 2,328,934

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MKMTTORNEH of FigurevS, showing thecam pin which is utilized to lift the forward feed linger of the lon- .gitudinal feed carriage out ofoperating position Y Vwhen the, lateral label feed is being used. Y Figure 7 is'afragmentarysectional view taken rfm une l1:1 -of Figure showing the inking ribbon feeding means lArr j y v n j y l v' Figure 8 is` a fragmentary'sectional yiew taken n line 8--8 ofV Figure'Z, showing the mounting I of the inking ribbon drum indetail.V s i Figurev 9 is a-side View of the printing head arm, showing its actuating cam and its position in relation to the label guidewayand spool.. Figure 10 is. an exploded viewj showing; in pe'rj'` spective;y the parts which comprise the' label feed guideway.

other,- for feeding either onepf two general types ofiticketsbeneath Ja 'single printingl head."y All notched .or perforatedfatzfspaced: intervals with v tli'e notches `defining individual tickets. `One :of

:the gdewa-ysextendslongitudinallyof themav chine;y and theg strips fedv through, it come.; under I'the printingV head' -from,'- the sides" The l*other *'.throughit come under the head from thezrear.

In general; the tickets that are :fed through y. the'longitudinalA guideways. are heayier andflarger and carry-mins, staplesy'or strings forffasten'- usually isi-,coated withV glueionz thereverse; yside so that yit"nf1ayw hefadhesivelybi'astenedflft mer- -chanise, f'lhe heavier; type; tickets.l are;V severed "gchine, while the lighter )tickets arev .dispensedin a continuous, ,f Strip. Prefe'rablyftithe.,k strips-:Tof Y tickets which move longitudinallyv ofthe 'machine are comprised of ticketsjoined atther si'deizedges.

' the printinghead arm.v For simplicitygtheflight- 'after to distinguish them frornthelheavierftickets macl1ir-1e is, mvunted i0 housed-in an appropriate casing;l V,sfranie 1 g-l Providedansitinludestableszo, wat' over n t .which-the tickets-anxdwlabels'are feld:

b se.v4 .6 ,land is 'l rear of the machine? x. l Thastrip of :labels moves 10. chine;

c In'v general, the machineincludes two l'tickt guideways, disposed at right ang1es"toonean,

types offzticket'sfare in strip ferm-a .flhei stripsfare guideway extends llaterallyvffromgthe back tto: the, front of the 'machine .so thatg-thefstripsl'fed ing themtfgto'; merchandise;;;i'I-he1:other typei of 'lilcke13 constituting ;the;stripfed laterallyofwthe 1 y machine; is made; Sof, .glighteweightfpaper fand These stlv'psyare,providedin rollswh'chrmay be l are also. provided 'in rolls which may ybe mounted .c on Ya spoglineartthefrear -iofithe machiheibeneath f l" f; Vernrtickets,v which move laterally -throughthetma- 1f Y l chine `ll*bereferred'toasg-gummedlabelsfhere- WhiCH-lovelongitudinale:through thefrmhine. f;

l5' at the 'left-side" forwardly from the spool l2 into a guideway I6 in which they are fed under the printing head, printed, and then .dispensed without being sep' arated one from the'other. l

5 Both feeding mechanisms for the two strips of ticketsvare operated from aV commonv cam,y

'ffthecam I l andthe driving motor (notshown). .,j Th'fclutch isncontrolled by a counting device,

shown atnl9, -andistripped tovstart the machinetg" by'Qastartingbutton shown atv 20. The counterj -115 fis' 'adapted `to automatically disengage ,the clutch aftera setfnumb'er' of tickets has been dispensed or'the clutch may be disengaged manually by a stoprbuttlon shown `Aat'2l. The clutch is adapted y' to stopatthe samepoint in its revolution every,v `time that. it is 'disengagedgimpartingi'acompleten v "cyclegofoperationto' thea'ctuatingmechanism-of thema/'chine for'feeding, printing-,1 and dispensing Aone 'ticket for Vveach'i'revolution.'r The; clutcheis not a part of this; presentinyentionjand fth'ere- Q v nfore,isnotdescribedfinfdetailhere:-

, `r-'SIhe--feedais provided byjtwo.reciprocatingicar" riages whichiale ,.slidablyfrnountedw above Y' their jre'spective guidewaysfi'll'he ticket feed carriage'is riage isl indicated vatl`l23'. "'I'heecan'i -ll'l lac't'uates Ithe'ticketffeedf'cairiage 12| through a 4 Aswinging brack Lliiginidinai fgg'gfgmage Slide bary 29 .y at as.

late lfreciprocating l'rnotin:

` y y l `imparted Gfgiifii'm d iabeiffeed carriage.

cani feed," tickets to th' rhr einem ni netgear, .Y

A throw-'out'clutch is utilized between' llever 24'whic1fiisfpivotallyfjournalledi as""at 25 ard' alreversestrokeyt the lever`V '4f-t.l foreach rearwardly: ebeveethellevef @and Carris vaerll-` Gorter-f3.9-Whicbdependsirito asletz inthe Swin'gf' ing lever; The slotfMl iis; atangangle. to ythe move l lment cof ithe: longitudinal :feed y vcarriage soy that asfthe longitudinalfeedcarriage reciproGates??v f s's ff which 'arsenales ni ni-ab guidava is '@aber,teren-ihre@ vided for this-'narrowest 'width ,strip beneath ',lthfe kguideaan. twownersrips @fabels-ae' K threaded through a slotlllunear lthe real` .of vthe -guides:plateg99 and'iextnd forwardlyom top e, of; the-guide plate toapoint where' they areenr, gage'd bythelabel'reed-finger?v Above the guide plate; two-Ways `arepreviiedforthe twv larger l .width strips fof--labelarl The narrow [way is de?. i .A fined byra pair of marginal-platesflclfl'lkxed .tovthe sideedgesrc'o'f -theyguide 'plate 99. The wider wayis defined .by a pair of marginal plates l y[l8r-TI 08;'. narrower :than the 1plates=I,U,1,+-,;I 91 y and .ixedin position'juSt above1them;.f.Thepressure `vplate, lllgis' asfwideas thefnarrowestway andv` is? adaptedfilto yfit betweenl; they marginal plates llfl-llll-definingthe narrower way.- The pres- Y sure-'plate is'xedtothe bottom `ofa` "crossbar n 1'|09 whichris held loosely inApositiongbyyaf boltv I IIJ'lf'on the one end, and a pin III, `engaged in Vaffork; at theother end. The two ends: of "the cross -loar 'SI'USlie/on the ytopslof the marginal plates HI8-108'. The two'fastening means, the.

bolt'a'ndnth'e pin; hold. the plate againstlongitudinal .displacement but-permit the plate .to be raised slightly .from the guideway in a 'floating action. "However, the pressure plate is limited inv its .vupperhmovement'- by one' armof'a bell crank H2 which is pivotallyfjournalled,'as'at :ll3yon e L.the-fouterplateiof the ways HI8-HI8. The' bell crank is pivotally';jciurnalled on a ,bolt threaded thi'oilgl1'-1the'V left marginal plates. into the frame.

f Thebolt extends upwardly beyond thetop of the bell `crank andV a's'pring on; the bolt above the .bell crank, .seated againstfthe head of the ,bolt

provides a cushionfor the'bell crank. The e'nd'v of 'the other arm is bent .upwardlygin theform i ofa thumb ,plate'td facilitate movement of. ,the bell crank.-V The pressurev .plate is urged: downwardlyloy a leaf spring. H5. xed at its` one end lJQlhQ-linder `*side of thelabel. feed nger carrier "'86 'The spring extendsrorwardly to engage the i frontendof vthe pressure plateand exert a downif 'ward -pressure thereon'. The pressure plate is adapted to tdown inthe way dened bythe two marginal .plates 1 lilll 01. f Therefore; when thesecond width stripsorlabels are fed up vthrough the slotjl'll ontothe guidefplate, the pressure platey holds'itdowninto thejsmaller width way. The rearv ends ofthe marginalplates .lfllT-.l'lgare feathered so that the wideststrips'V pass over the Itop v.oft themand arcguidedby :the marginal plates ,vl08A-f4l0`8. When these widestustripsyarebeing used, the l floating pressure y .-plategis'lifted'by1thevstrip,^still maintaining sufycientpressure ontheltopyof the strip tohold itgingtheway.1A The pressureplate is/provided shaft'. Afspring urged tensin arm*4 (not shown). y isy provided, under `which" the L strip; jof 'labels I the forward .end of the pressure plate inaslot 1 rowest strip-of tickets .passes :up onto `the topgof .theguide-plate.; -f'1 he1abelfeed nger 93 cone v Itmay beise'engthat thev pressurel 'plate holds the strips offlabels"-down'againstathe guide plate Whilefthe Ifeed ng'ereXtends through the slot` |11 :55 inrthe forward end; of thepressure .plateand 1tzyaictsthe:feed-notches vin fthestrip. of labels inthe forward endof Lthe through ,the yskit l4 l1 ,pressure plate cortact's 'fthe notches in f the 'v strip for vadvancing 65 fpr'ovidedfor th-eguidewayfatthis" pcint' 'so'that' wenn gf `the wedge aune; enidrof che, feed n'ge'r e193i:can,ride-easilythereon. VThe labels are "ad- :vanedfontorithe `platenbeio'w the pnnnngghe'a'd Zand f are then printed `and dispensed in* an` unbroken-@strip from the front ofthe machine.

f.w'l'ne 'fpnnting head: isrprovideid with the usuali f l.removable'type -"chase,l"indicate'd atY I 20# Referring .to Figure 9, it may be seen thatthe printing 'l ifarm:isfpivotallyV journalledion a" cross pin l2| y -zcarrledlinbearing blocks'l-I`22` atth rearof the oll housing. i The journal for `the printing-arm` purpose. clears the lingers so that the strip |21; The forward endoftheactdating arm :|23 ,1Ward nger 45 `inthe elevated position sojthatlit carries a roller |24l extending at `righty angles will not interfere with the label feed `pxiinted head (Figurer 4). ,Means" is,.`1910Videvlfiferffedff1V` n up ontortheguideplate for engagement `With-the `justing the connection "of the lever thejarinein `order to adjust the portion fof threlhead `relative;` to` the platen vfor, thecorrect printingpressure."

` tenedtthe lower end `oa bar I 32` depending thneonesdisclosed here.

'irornthe rear ofthe printing arm downthrdugh 'if Having described my inventi'oml -claimz r ar Willtend -to lift the arm. i `feeding*units for the respective guidevvaysf` said machine The bearingsare-secured tofthe'base -nger'lS and then lifts the reartcketfeed linger"` `of the machine by `boltsvor other appropriate f 545 'bypressing `downen an extension|35;1pro` eans, I toward the yrear of theguirfuned label n `vided inthe back of thelpivotedijlnger `forthis` is split` to straddle a printing" head ,acta/tingl .ilof tickets can be withdrawn from the longitudiarm |23 which isf-alsojournalled on"thecrosspin nal guideway."` The oaxnpin4 51 sustains the for` t therefrom-rior engagement with a canti track `|25 l foutuabove. `The rear nger can be released to n `the?leftgfaoe of aA earn ldisc 126; j n The carne; 10 ride on thebottom of theguideway since it does l disc 4is keyed to the driven shaft v|8 andgaswith f f not affect the label feed. n Whenthe-ticket guidethe feed carriage'cam makesoneicycle perf '1l n Way iscleared andthe forward feednger raised, revolution. Near the middle of the -actuat i;rlgV f the labels {oanibe threaded into the label feed i bar |23, l:an arm` |241 extendsupwardly dfthenf guideway. i The Asriallest labels are threadedb'ei `forwardlyWhere it is `-on'rrectednto` the printing-` l5` neaththe guide `plate 99 to the :slot |01 and then n 'laterai reednger: s3.` The other two waitinl n rips are 'threaded through `the slot"l04 in the` l gwlilde' plate 99, through the appropriate Way,` as` i `TheQcari'rftrack is conguratedv`ito`-in1pagrtfthe 20 `dened by the marginal guideplates Ill'l---Illlf` j i "necessarymotion to"theprintingj'arrn-forinking'.; and'` IUS-|08, and then forwardtotl'ie feed nger n f "thetypegand printingthe ticketsorllabels. i C 93. "'Altllliugh the present inventondscloses only 1 n z. l To"facilitatethejmovement of the armandf "three widthsof ways for theu label, it is believed di n Y prevent looking-` in the earn {track the armis apparentfthat anyn'umber of ways of different s urgedupwardlyby afspring- `ltfwhich is fase-25 width could be providedbygslightlyniyniodifying Aan opening Vin-'the'baser 1"I'he` "bar` |32`-l`1as{tlie-'fl `A machine for markinglpricetags, comprisingy i n f function of alever, having its fulcruin on abushf ifa. frame,` a pair 0f guideways formed onjllsad i ing |33 on the cross pin I Zl., "l'lfihsprig isfat- 3() frame, said gudeways disposed at right angles" i i tachedat(itsiOrWard end-to afrib of the basen rand intersecting; a platen disposed at the interrIfherefore, the tension of thespring actingon the; 2 section, means for printing tickets ontheplaten, n

The forward'endof the guided,` Ieedingrunitsincludingtfingersadapted toengage-o` and supported; in an arcuate slot |28 ingan 'exten-9 35` feeding notches in stripslof pricefmarking "tags,`

x sion ofthe Lplate 32 which is boltedtdtheframe `l thevnger of one of said feeding 'mechanisms e f simple.l flheoperator, if ticketsare being'fed n "across the plat-en.` atjthe timegrst, throwsthekmirledlrandlen@` n' the cam pin 51m lifttheiforward tiketed n. 1iy .n n

of the machine. The printing "arm -is sustained t adapted to travel across the `platen* for feeding" e byxa bolt` |30 whichextendsffrom'theright ,side-f 'the endmost ticket to a severing knife mounted n y i f ofthe arm through the slot |28.; :Washers onthe Y yin position atltheouterpedge of the platen tin-dal i r bolt on both sides of the 'slot-1 are V:provided to`\ 40 device forlraisingsaid nger from operative posi-J1 `sustain the armagainst lateral displacement, A i i `tion whereby its ytravel across the platen Will not n The change over from ticketfeed tollabelufeed interfere With the feed `of ticketsat right` angles i` THOMAS G! Yi 

